[diamondgeezer]

Ph34r t3h sp4c3 r3ds

[Turnsky]

well, ain't that gonna give NASA a serious kick in the pants eh?

[phreak]

welcome to the 1960's, China.

[Bobboau]

yes but the fact that they were in the 1300's 50 years ago, this is quite an achevment

[pyro-manic]

Well done to 'em, I say.

[J3Vr6]

Yeah, and they're not using 60's technology I imagine.  Plus they're the 3rd to go, so they us and Russia have done all the leg work for them practically.

I'm proud of them.

[Unknown Target]

T3h R3|)5 4R3 (0|\/|1|\|9!!!!!!!!11111oneoneoneone

[Grey Wolf]

China has always rather amused me. In the late 1400s over a millenia ago, even got up into the 1600s about 800 years ago, become isolationist and froze, and weren't aware that the world had surpassed them until the Opium War with Britain

[Setekh]

Simple: pride. The Chinese had the best medieval weaponry for centuries, invented gunpowder, had their culture developed for millenia - and they thought themselves better than everyone else (I should know). Of course, that kind of foolishness is what the Japanese learnt from.

[diamondgeezer]

What did they learn? They ended up getting nuked.

[01010]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
What did they learn? They ended up getting nuked.

Not to get nuked again.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
What did they learn? They ended up getting nuked.

You can only achieve so much when you've got no natural resources, I suppose...